Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-23
REV. On. MeGLYNN's LETTER To
PLYMOUTH CaURcH.

The deposed priest Of 81. Stephens
Church, New York. sends q noble letter
TO the friends Of Plymouth Church:
NV YoRK. March ~. 1897.
Reverend and DsaF Mr.. Halliday. /
regret very much that / cannot be pres
ent this morning st the meeting at Ply.
mouth Church to henoE the memory Of
the great pastor. and TO cOndOle for the
irFepaFable loss. / must, therefore,
content myself With saying briefly in
mere fully in speech. 10 is she sion of
the daWninR of better day. for which
the world has so long yeaFned. that such
q meeting should be possible and that
you and yours should desire the pres.
enee Of olerRymen OF that Church which
seems so remote And-t50 many would
say--so antaRonistte to yours. Fore
most in the work OF fastening the COM
ing Of better day was the great man
whose death We mourn and for whose
work We give thanks. None other 80
we'll ~ be sought for the men and land
OF hia time TO exalt essential religion,
pure and unds fled, in which ve all
agree, and 10 minimizs the differences
that seem 20 separate ua. To him
was given te see with clearer
vision, 10 reveal with unequalled
genius, and With tiFeless energy to
make comm n among the men the
meaning Of Him Who taught Of old on
the moantain, by the seashore, the core
II all religion, the brotherhood OF man.
cheerfully confess that from Beeeher
learned. FROM the aFet days OF my
ministry, q new tenderness aud fullness
4.
clad 20 be able here 60 state that the
theology OF the old church agrees with
bis In this--that the essence OF religion
10 IN communion With God. through the
love Of Hin for HIS own sake, and In
loving all men With the rest With which
we love ourselves; and that while saeri-
tice aud sacrament, creed and ritual.
PRAYER and sermon aud song may be,
aud are, peveFful helps and necessary
manifestations Of this religion. which 10
love, without IL they are bat mockeFy
and hlaaphemy. | thankfully count
him amoRa The masters from whom |
have learned the fuller meaning Of the
prayer. Thy vill be done on earth as
Il IL IN heaven" We must all agree
with Mr.. Beechef that the condi
ton ana duties and strifes Of our TEN.
poFal life are bat signs aud symbols OF
spiritual thinRs. and that IN the yearn-
ing Of this whole world for liberty.
equality and frateFnityn-maae . reign
Of justice and lsvs-n we pluck out The
religions hsart OF u, the burden 10 not
voFth bearing nor the battle worth
hRhtin9. He and other giants Of their
time have cleared the field and iilamiu
aled che way fer higher progress and
helped 30 give more perfect assurance
OF vtctnry Ia the strife thai h nov be-
ginning Ia q wider slavery than that
which be dealt his sturdy oioSa-tbe
enslaving Of the masses by The class
and 10 cement q union, nee merely Of
the An eriean States. bot Of the people
OF the world. Stimulated and enconr-
Asei by bis sacseas. lea us take 40 the
burden Of the peoples wrongs where
his tired shoulders have laid u down,
and hght q nsw battle, II need be, Until
the right IL shall cone. and We, seeing
the harden fall from eur OUn shoulders.
aud the ueap rs from cur hands, shall
have = nearer VISION THAI was gtvea 20
The reign Of the Prince Of Pssce.
A6ectionAtely And frAsernAllv.
EpwkRp McGIxNN.